Segment #1: MEXICO CITY'S NEW MAYOR. Franc Contreras reports from Mexico City on challenges facing the city's new mayor including the escalating crime rate. 4:28 // Segment #2: INTERVIEW WITH CAROLYN CURIEL. LATINO USA's Maria Martin speaks with Carolyn Curiel, the former lead speech writer for President Bill Clinton and now the new U.S. ambassador to the Central American country of Belize. 8:11 // Segment #3: BUSCANDO UN SUENO FILM REVIEW. Juan Mendez reviews the new film entitled 'Buscando Un Sueno.' The Dominican film is the first Spanish language film to premiere at New York's prestigious Ziegfield theater. 3:36 // Segment #4: COMMENTARY ON INS CRACKDOWNS. Commentator Yvette Doss has some thoughts on a recent crackdown of illegal immigrant workers at an upscale Los Angeles restaurant 2:02.
Creator/Contributor:
Martin, M. E. (María Emilia) (host), Alvarez, David (reporter), Goldman, Wendy (reporter), Carlsen, Laura, 1957- (reporter), Contreras, Franc (reporter), Curiel, Carolyn (interviewee), Mendez, Juan (commentator), Doss, Yvette (commentator), Woods, Grant (interviewee), Murillo, Mario (reporter), and Clips, Abraham (interviewee)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1997-12-14
Owning Repository:
Benson Latin American Collection, LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections, The University of Texas at Austin
sound recordings, digital audio tape, radio programs, and Audio
Extent:
28 minutes and 59 seconds
Rights - Use and Reproduction:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Language:
English
Topic:
Emigration and immigration, Derechos civiles, Civil rights, Hispanic Americans, Hispanoestadounidenses, Affirmative action programs, and Programas de acción afirmativa
Time Period Covered:
1990-1999
Place Name:
Mexico, Belize, New York (N.Y.), and Chandler (Ariz.)